Drought impacts on phloem transport

Sevanto, Sanna Annika

doi:10.1016/j.pbi.2018.01.002

Title: Drought impacts on phloem transport

Journal Article · Mon Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Current Opinion in Plant Biology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2018.01.002· OSTI ID:1427379

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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

We report drought impacts on phloem transport have attracted attention only recently, despite the well-established, and empirically verified theories on drought impacts on water transport in plants in general. This is because studying phloem transport is challenging. Phloem tissue is relatively small and delicate, and it has often been assumed not to be impacted by drought, or having insignificant impact on plant function or survival compared to the xylem. New evidence, however, suggests that drought responses of the phloem might hold the key for predicting plant survival time during drought or revival capacity after drought. Lastly, this review summarizes current theories and empirical evidence on how drought might impact phloem transport, and evaluates these findings in relation to plant survival during drought.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396; 20160373ER; 20130442ER

OSTI ID:: 1427379

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1646903

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-28969

Journal Information:: Current Opinion in Plant Biology, Vol. 43, Issue C; ISSN 1369-5266

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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